Musical Tastes

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by L.Fite

My two from the psychedelic 60s

I don't know if this was intentional but both of these songs use the "flanging" technique in their recording.
Back then, they would play two identical tapes side by side, and then drag their finger on the edge (flange) of one to delay it slightly to create a unique cosmic sound.
Used quite a bit in the late 60's, it actually was introduced in 1959 , quite by accident.
Read the comments on the Y/T video below.



This one seems to "catch up" with one machine and possibly lead the other one in the middle somewhere.